mbp 4.1 (early 2008) upgrade
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- attentionspan
So has anyone had luck upgrading to 8GB on this?
I know that its supposed to run stable with 6GB but would you loose performance since i guess it wouldnt be dual anymore?
What about an ssd would that speed things up, or just boot time ?
thanks
- moldero0
ram?
- moldero0
unless im missing something, more ram is always better
- i dont get "it wouldnt be dual anymore?"moldero
- i thought you always had to use 2x2,2x4,2x8 to achieve dual.attentionspan
- d_rek0
The issue is that after a certain amount of RAM the system just doesn't recognize it so you're not really getting any benefit out of installing more. I would read up on it a little more - there's plenty of forums out there with people posting about how they were able to use more RAM than the factory recommended. However, this does not apply to every MBP.
- d_rek0
The point of dual-channel memory is increased speed. However, the speed loss is really minimal if you're not installing dual-channel memory. Also, the benefit of having more RAM outweighs the small performance hit your memory will take. We're talking milliseconds people.
- attentionspan0
What about ssd? –this is my current 250 GB serial ATA, 5,400-rpm
Should i just go with a 7200rpm ?
- stewdio0
I don't believe an early 2008 MBP can support 8 GB of RAM. 90% sure that the max is 4 GB. You can look up your model here and find out for sure: http://crucial.com
I would recommend a hard drive upgrade though. Right now the 500GB Seagate (SATA, 7200 RPM, 16 MB cache) is decently priced. Have a look on Amazon. And I think in the US the 750 GB version is also available now. If you still have your original drive you probably only have 200 GB on your laptop so this upgrade would more than double your space!
8 GB of RAM would be great, but I don't think it's possible on that model. Adding more hard drive space would at least increase the space available for your virtual memory. And you know... More space is more space.
- (I see above: you've got 250 GB currently, not 200.)stewdio
- onekid0
My 7200 rpm HD just died on my new mac book pro. Although I wish I could of bought the biggest SSD drive, I got a 120gig SSD. I scrapped all the lame photos and mp3s. Client files are now stored only for active work.
but damn...pay 200 for a SSD and your machine will start up in 12 secs and do way more than going from 4 - 8 gigs of ram. Seriously, SSD hard drives are the biggest speed booster ever to a mac boo pro. Just have to learn to live with way less junk in your life..
- attentionspan0
yeah i looked up crucial it says max 4GB of ram on mine, which i currently have.
onekid: i barely turn this mbp ever off, thats why i asked if it was only the boot. Or does it increase speed overall when working in cs4 or cs5
- Yeah. Opens CS5 in like 3 seconds. Let me time it. Actually 2 seconds. Seriously the best upgrade ever for my machine. So sold on the speed of SSD. If you can loose a lot of crap files and use a firewire drive, it is so a no brainer.onekid
- But you have the new MBP right? Not 2008 model.Tausk
- yeah. new mbp from last march or so.onekid
- Tausk0
No 8gb doesnt work. Tried it. Didn't work.
Faster HD will help regardless. Even if you have a SSD, slower processor and RAM will not make a significant difference.
- attentionspan0
Could it be the upgrade to snow leopard chris?
- attentionspan0
http://blog.macsales.com/9102-se…
It says all late 2008 models though, only difference i guess is DDR3 and on early you have DDR2